hello Doug,
that is on my mind as well, I have recieved very good replies,but still unsure
of the EU stance in general ( As One Voice) governing all of the EU.
I realize some countries are trying harder and consious of waste as I am. But
when a directive is released by the EU, it should
be carried out by everyone and not have targets and dates from each EU member,
when there are 25 memebrs and growing.
The confusion of this directive has hit EU countries, thus they are pushing
the dates out to 2006 as noted recently
on emails within this forum, the impact to those countries is felt, so
hopefully they'll know the impact to us as producers exporting
to some EU member states. And knowing all the details is very critical at this
time.
 
regards
Richard,


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mailto:owner-emc-p...@listserv.ieee.org]On Behalf Of POWELL, DOUG
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 12:19 PM
To: richhug...@aol.com; charles.gra...@echostar.com; EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG
Subject: RE: WEEE Directive



Richard,

 

You are correct that, at least in this case, much of this is written in fudge.

 

On this side of the pond, to many producers it appears that the UK has the
timeliest information and many are taking this as the norm for the entire
community.  In addition, I don’t have the resources to track every member of
the EU and their implementation dates.  So my policy has been to use the EU
deadlines, as they are published.

 

Last Friday, there is an interesting article from the BBC.  In this article
both the UK and Germany are apparently delaying. My question is this, “How
can a single nationality delay beyond the mandated dates published for the
community? “

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4393347.stm

 

 

Regards,

 

-Doug

Fort Collins, Colorado USA

 

 

 


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From: richhug...@aol.com [mailto:richhug...@aol.com] 
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 3:58 PM
To: POWELL, DOUG; charles.gra...@echostar.com; EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG
Subject: Re: WEEE Diective

 

Doug,

 

I'm not sure why you would expect a statement regarding the UK situation on
the Europa web site.

 

I agree that it is always a good idea to look at the source rather than
relying on info 3rd hand, and since the details of the DTI's web site have
already been posted there is no reason why you and others should not do this.

 

Perhaps you and/or others are thinking that the announcement refers to what is
happening in Europe generally - it doesn't, it relates only to the way the UK
Government is approximating the WEEE (and RoHS) Directives into UK law.  Some
other Member States have already enacted the WEE Directive while others are in
the process of doing so.  As far as companies are concerned, EC Directives
should be taken as pointers to what national legislation SHOULD look like. 
Directives direct Member States (e.g. national governments) to pass national
laws, they do not direct private companies to do anything.

 

Directives contain a date by which Member States "must" pass national
legislation to place into force the requirements of the Directive.  Sometimes
Member States don't comply with this date and sometimes the Commission them
prosecute as a result.

 

If you read the DTI announcement then you will see that far from being written
in stone, it is written in fudge.  Enjoy!

 

Richard Hughes

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